2016 Postmortem
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I'm still surprised this episode of the campaign hasn't gotten more attention. It was just a few months ago that Trump went on Jones' show.
From Hilary's speech yesterday--
"Its what happens when you listen to the radio host Alex Jones, who claims that 9/11 and the Oklahoma City bombings were inside jobs. He said the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were child actors and no one was actually killed there.
Trump didnt challenge those lies. He went on Jones show and said: "Your reputation is amazing. I will not let you down.""
Why doesn't anyone ask Trump his views on 9/11 or Oklahoma City or Sandy Hook being a hoax?
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)But the problem with debates is they rarely ever make candidates answer questions or hold them accountable.
I also would like to know if Trump still thinks climate change is a Chinese hoax... among many other things.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)then, it was not "radical Islam" that did not.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)Although I guess I should say that I've noticed Jones has really turned away from hard core conspiracies and more into rightwing anti-Islam anti-Immigrant anti-gun control race war stuff in the past year. But I don't think Jones ever recanted his beliefs on 9/11, Sandy Hook or OK City either.
mopinko
(70,103 posts)is all about the conspiracies.
kimbutgar
(21,148 posts)Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)Skidmore
(37,364 posts)The individual who openly stole the Democratic Party nomination from Bernie Sanders gave a press conference in Reno, Nevada, where she attacked the resistance to her takeover of this country by foreign banks, the Saudi Arabian government, the communist Chinese and others, Jones said, with as much gravitas as he could muster, as an advertisement for his own Bio-True Selenium supplements appeared across the top of the screen.
Jones, the Donald Trump-backing talk radio host and owner of the InfoWars conspiracy theory clearinghouse, claimed whistleblowers were releasing evidence to prove that Clinton and her familys foundation were part of a criminal plot to hand over the U.S. to foreign control.
She came out and attacked the free press, she came out and told lie after lie about how Donald Trump wouldnt disavow David Duke it was crazy, Jone said. It was total lies. more
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)One of Jones' minions put this "rebuttal" out:
https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status/769019975461896193